C000024964 Fees and Costs — Columbia Acorn USA, Class C

Data updated: 2023-05-25

The net expense ratio is 1.83%: a 0.74% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.23% other expenses, less a 0.14% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $196K in broker commissions, 0.1007% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 69%.

C000024964 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000024964. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.74%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.23%
Gross expense ratio1.97%
Fee waiver−0.14%
Net expense ratio1.83%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000024964 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000024964, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,185 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.03% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.83%)$192$594$1,020
Trading costs (broker commissions)$11$33$56
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$31$110
Total costs$306$658$1,185
Value after costs$10,194$10,919$11,577
Impact on return, per year3.06%2.03%2.03%

C000024964 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1007%
  • Total broker commissions: $196K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $111K
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 69%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.2M
  • Net income from securities lending: $53K (0.027% of average net assets)

C000024964 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs$31K18.56%
RBC Capital Markets$30K17.60%
Jefferies LLC$26K15.63%
Virtu Americas LLC$23K13.95%
JPMorgan$19K11.57%
Cowen$11K6.53%
Morgan Stanley$10K6.24%
UBS$9K5.21%
Stephens Inc$4K2.41%
William Blair & Company LLC$4K2.31%

C000024964 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley$111K100.00%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.